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1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is set to meet on Thursday with visiting Saudi Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman. Later in the day, President Yoon will also sit down (also sat down) with the Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte.

2. North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile from the port city of Wonsan toward the East Sea for the first time in 8 days.

3. Polish President Andrzej Duda and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg both said Wednesday that a missile that killed two in a Polish village on Tuesday appears to have been launched by Ukraine and unintentional in nature.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol is back in Seoul after a six-day tour of Southeast Asia, which he wrapped up in Bali last night. Just hours before departing, he had a face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

2. According to Poland’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday, a Russian missile fell in eastern Poland, taking the lives of two people. It was the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine war that a NATO member country has been hit by Russian weapons.

3. Tomorrow some 510-thousand students in South Korea will take the annual college entrance exam known as Suneung. Factories around exam centers will stop operating, and some firms ask employees to come an hour later to reduce traffic.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Bali at 5 p.m. (local time) on Tuesday. The agenda about North Korea is expected to dominate the meeting.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that China bears the responsibility to curb North Korea’s nuclear threats. The two leaders sat face-to-face for more than 3 hours ahead of the G20 summit.

3. South Korea reported 72-thousand 8-hundred-83 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday. This is the first time in two months the numbers breached the 70-thousand mark.

1. South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol, U.S. President Joe Biden, and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on Sunday vowed a unified, coordinated response to North Korea’s escalating nuclear threats during a trilateral meeting in Cambodia.

2. U.S. President Joe Biden is set to have his first in-person meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping as President at the G20 summit in Bali on Monday. 

3. On Nov. 11th, Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. According to the bankruptcy filings, the world’s third largest cryptocurrency exchange has liabilities of up to 50 billion dollars. 

1. South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, embarked today on a 6-day trip to Southeast Asia for the G20 and ASEAN multilateral summits. His first destination is the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.

2. South Korea is hosting an annual ceremony called, Turn Toward Busan, on November 11th, which is the International Memorial Day for UN Korean War Veterans, in Busan. This event is joined by South Korean PM, Han Duck-soo, and United Nations Command Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Andrew Harrison.

3. The benchmark KOSPI closed at 2,466.90 on Friday, up 80.93 points from the previous trading day, prompted by the report on slowing US inflation rate. The local currency ended at 1,318.4 won against the US dollar, down 59.1 won from the previous day. 

1. After the Democratic Party in the United States staved off worst-case-scenario in congressional losses in Tuesday’s midterm elections, US President, Joe Biden, said on Wednesday that he will decide early next year on whether he will run again for the presidency. 

2. President Yoon Suk-yeol told reporters on Thursday that he will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, soon for talks on the sidelines of the upcoming ASEAN-related multilateral summits.

3. According to the Korea Price Research Center on Thursday, food prices in South Korea, including wheat and chicken, have increased by more than 20% over the past year.

1. South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol, will embark on a six-day trip to southeast Asia for the G20 and the ASEAN multilateral summits on Friday. It'll be his third overseas trip as president where he'll put forth his Korean-ASEAN solidarity vision.

2. The U.S. Treasury Department said Tuesday that it imposed sanctions on two individuals who were affiliated with Air Koryo, North Korea's national airline, and were involved in supporting North Korea’s missile development program.

3. Today, 14 investigators from the Korean National Police Agency's special investigative headquarters were sent to three locations, including the Hamilton hotel near the Itaewon accident, to gather documents to verify how much the illegal construction impacted the Itaewon crowd crush. 

1. The special investigation police division was established last week to probe senior authorities in charge of Yongsan-gu District, where the Itaewon crowd crush occurred on October 29th. As of Tuesday, 6 people are now pinpointed to be responsible for the Itaewon stampede.

2. The benchmark KOSPI closed at 2,399.04 on Tuesday, up 27.25 points from the previous trading day. This was the first time it went over the 2,400 points mark during intraday in 2 months. The local currency ended at 1,384.9 won against the US dollar. 

3. On Monday, South Korean Unification Minister, Kwon Youngse said that it is possible for North Korea to conduct the nuclear test at any moment, but there were still no signs that such test was imminent. 

1. South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol issued an apology over the tragic Itaewon crowd crush and vowed to double down on efforts to ensure no such accident happens again during a safety review meeting on Monday.

2. North Korea’s state media announced Monday that two cruise missiles were fired last Wednesday into international waters near South Korea’s coastal city of Ulsan; however, South Korea’s military said no missiles were detected on that day.

3. The 27th annual UN Climate Change Conference or COP27 began on Sunday in the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. This year's conference will focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and overseeing the effective adoption of policies aimed at fighting climate change.

1. South Korean Defense Minister, Lee Jong-sup, and the US Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, agreed to deploy more nuclear-capable strategic assets in and around the Korean Peninsula against North Korea’s nuclear threats. This agreement was reached at their annual Security Consultative Meeting held at the Pentagon on Thursday. 

2. On Thursday, President Yoon Suk-yeol ordered the establishment of a "one-stop" support center, which will be run by the Prime Minister’s Office, for the families of victims of the Itaewon disaster. This center will be set to help them receive necessary assistance after the national mourning period ends Saturday. 

3. The Bank of England raised its key interest rate by 75 basis points to 3%, marking the biggest single rate hike since 1989. The latest move by the central bank came soon after the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday delivered a giant-step of 75 basis points.